A/N: Hello, dear readers! This is Tj, back from the dead! I haven't forgotten about you all. I'll be honest, I've been burned out up until recently, but now my creative itch is slowly returning to me. I want to return to writing stories, raising my page from the dirt and become more active like I used to be. That being said, some of my stories will be edited, just to clean up some old chapters before I add new ones. Once "Cheatsona" is revamped and completed, "Fire Emblem: The Outrealm Hero" will be the main focus. Maybe I'll look for a beta reader to help me review some things before I post, or not. I dunno. But anyways, thank you for your time and have a nice day.

Minato yawned as he exited the classroom. As he walked down the hallway, he felt a presence…as if he was being followed….He turned around and saw the blonde girl from the dorms. He sighed. "Fuck it." He walked over to her, ready to get the expected kisses and hugs over with.

"Hey."

Silence.

He waved his hand in front of her face. "Hello?"

Nothing.

"Huh…. Are you-

Just then, the blonde quickly turned away from Minato and ran away, down the hall, confusing the bluenette to no end. He could've sworn he saw tears in her eyes. He considered following after her before being hugged from behind.

"There you are!" Yukari said.

The wildcard sighed. "Hey, Yukari."

"Did something happen?"

"To be honest…I don't know."

She saw the blonde in the distance and shrugged. "Eh, whatever. C'mon, classes are over. Let's go somewhere." She pulled him by the arm, to Minato's displeasure. As they headed to the exit, they were stopped by Yuko.

"Minato, I….Oh. Takeba?"

"Nishiwaki." Yukari said in a near-deadpan tone. "What is it? Minato and I were leaving. If you have something to say, hurry it up."

"Yeesh, harsh much, Yukari?" Minato quipped, earning a tight squeeze on the arm from the unsightly pink sniper. "Ow!"

"Hey! You're hurting him!"

"Mind your business, Nishiwaki." She said, coldly. She walked, pulling Minato along.

Yukari dragged Minato to a restaurant in the mall. The forced date had to be the dullest experience the wildcard had to have experienced. He spent most of the time listen to Yukari ramble on about her problems. School, mom issues, complaints about Mitsuru, etc. Minato mentally sighed. He really wished he could do anything else right now.

"Hey!"

"Hm?! W-what?"

"Were you even listening? I swear you weren't like this when you had t-

"STOP!"

Yukari was startled by her boyfriend's sudden outburst. "W-what?"

"J-just…don't bring up anything from last year." Pleaded the bluenette. He's picked up on the pattern of people remembering then immediately forgetting everything, so he wants to avoid that confusion whenever possible. "Let's just…talk about something else…anything else."

"Uh..okay?" Yukari calmed down a bit…but looked somewhat worried. "Can I ask why?"

"Rather not talk about it right now."

"Oh…okay."

The rest of the date was relatively quiet. The two ended up leaving early, heading back to the dorm. Yukari walked past Mitsuru, Akihiko and Junpei without a word.

"'Sup dude?"

"Hey…"

"Is Takeba alright?"

"Dunno…I think she'll be fine. But, in any case, let's head out to Tartarus tonight."

"Very well."

"Hell yeah!"

"Alright then."

Minato looked over and saw the kid again at the dinner table. He had considered walking over to let him know but decided against it. He doubted the kid would give him any legitimate response outside of the usual one line he seems to like spouting. With that, Minato walked upstairs. As he heads for his room, he felt an... intimidating aura, only getting stronger as he approached the door to his room. He slowly opened the door and peeked in.

Fuuka was sleeping soundly in his bed.

"Dammit…" He entered the room, sighing as he casually tossed his schoolbag to the floor and walked to his bed. He sat at the edge of the bed and poked Fuuka on the cheek to wake her up. "Hey….Hey!" by the fifth poke, Yamagishi's hand almost instantly latched onto Minato's wrist, startling the young man. An unnatural smile crept onto Fuuka's face. She let out a small giggle.

"Hello, Minato.~"

"Uh…hey, Fuuka. What are you doing in here?"

"I was waiting for you." She tilted her head ever so slightly. "Where were you?"

"Yukari wanted to take me somewhere…" He rolled his eyes.

"Oh….she did?" Fuuka looked a bit said. "I hope you and I will get to do something together one day soon."

"Uh…" He was a bit put off by the way she mentioned that. "Sure…maybe?"

She blushed, sitting up and giving him a kiss on the cheek. "I'm glad I have you here, Minato…." she hugged him.

"Uh-huh…W-we're heading to Tartarus tonight. You should get some rest, okay?"

"Okay." She laid back down, pulling Minato down with her, resting her head on his chest, to the young man's distain.

"Why? Just why me…?" He thought, miserably.

The dark hour finally came and SEES headed out to Tartarus. Minato looked absolutely drained of life as he had Fuuka hugging his left arm and Yukari holding the right arm. Junpei groaned in a mix of annoyance and jealousy, Akihiko healed the case containing Minato's sword for him while they walked. He felt bad for the kid but couldn't help but chuckle a bit. The kid was nowhere to be found, for some reason. Mitsuru kept her eyes forward and her expression as emotionless as possible. She finally broke her silence at the gate.

"Takeba, Yamagishi. Release Arisato. Now." Her cold tone was apparent.

"Aww…" Fuuka did as instructed. Yukari, however, held on tighter.

"You're not the boss of me." She snapped back, earning a dangerous glare from the redhead that struck fear into young Arisato.

"Yukari. Please?" Minato almost pleaded.

Angry, Yukari let go. "Whatever…"

"Good." Said Mitsuru. "Now then, I'll be accompanying you from now on."

Yukari got steamed by that, while Minato paled.

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"Hmm…" The player pondered. "Maybe I could…" they began to type.

CHEAT FILE:

*JUNPEI PERSONA MOD

*AKIHIKO PERSONA MOD

*MITSURU PERSONA MOD

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Minato felt a shift in arcana, similar to when he changes his personas. "Did you…?"

"Hm? Something wrong, Minato?"

"Uh…" He shook his head. "Forget it. Junpei, Mitsuru-sempai and Akihiko-sempai are with me. Yukari, stay with Fuuka in case shadows show up at the entrance again."

"Whatever."

The group took the teleporter on the ground floor to their most recent explored area. There, the gate to the next section of the current area had disappeared, letting them continue on their way. They eventually run into a small handful of shadows.

"Four shadows." Said Fuuka. "They're relatively weak, though."

"All I needed to hear!" Akihiko took out his evoker, summoning his persona. "Persona!" Instead of Take-mikazuchi, the young man summoned Black Frost, baffling Minato. "Knock 'em down! Primal Force!"

The demonic snowman began to wind up a punch. It spun comedically towards its target and slammed it's fist down onto it, causing it to fade on contact in a quick flash of light.

"What the hell?" Minato thought. "How can Akihiko-sempai change personas? Does he have some sorta deal with Igor too?"

Junpei locked eyes with his target. "Make way for the ace! Oberon!" He summoned a new persona as well, though instead of being shocked, Minato snickered a bit, seeing the somewhat-threatening Hell Biker being replaced with the Fairy King. "Hit 'em with a deathbound!" In response, Oberon slammed his blade into the ground, causing a shockwave that killed two shadows.

Mitsuru stepped forward. "Impressive, Iori, but you missed one." She summoned her persona, a woman wearing a white leotard with devil wings and matching tail. "Lilim, Life drain." On command, the persona flew up close to the shadow, giving it a kiss on the head. Said kiss began to make the shadow almost wither up and crumble into dust.

The parallels that Minato drew from the persona and Mitsuru were enough to make him visibly shudder

"Looks like that's all of them." Fuuka said. "Let's move on."

Dismissing her persona, Mitsuru walked over to Minato, taking his hand. "Mon amore?"

He flinched. "H-huh?"

"Shall we continue?"

"Y-yes. Let's go." He managed to get his hand free, quickly walking ahead before the flashbacks of the closet could further poison his mind.

Status:

Minato Arisato: Standard one-handed sword

Persona(s) equipped: Orpheus Telos, Thanatos, Trismegistus

Orpheus Telos skills: (unknown)

Thanatos skills: Mudo, Death, infinite endure

Trismegistus skills: Megidolaon(Eliz. vari )

Yukari Takeba: Standard bow

Persona equipped: Angel

Angel skills: Media, Night Queen

Junpei Iori: standard katana

Persona equipped: Oberon

Oberon skills: Deathbound

Akihiko Sanada: Boxing Gloves

Persona equipped: Black Frost

Black Frost skills: Primal Force

Fuuka Yamagishi: Navigator

Persona equipped: Lucifer

Lucifer skills: Full analysis

Mitsuru Kirijo: Standard Rapier

Persona equipped: Lilim

Lilim skills: Life Drain

A/N: Man, it feels good to be back! Like I said, if anyone notices anything weird with the previous chapters, they are being updated and cleaned up. It's been a while since I've written anything, so let me know on what needs to be improved. Also, I have a poll up on my main page concerning this story. It's just a vote on if I should include some "aesthetic changes" to further torture our favorite wildcard. Anyways, thanks for reading and have a good one!